Puzzle.



H. G. TAYLOR.

PUZZLE. APPLIGATloN FILED mals, 1914.

Patented Nov. 24, v1914;

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iifUGiiG. TAYLOR, or DENVER, ooiioimno;

" v RUZZLE To all L/Omit may concern citizen of the `Unitedy States,residing at w Denver, inthe county' of Denver and Stateofl'Coloradd'haye invented a new' and useful Improvement ini ljuzzles,lof which" they `fol-av lowing is a specification.V

The` object of this inyention istoprovide afsim'p'le and inexpensiyepnzale in which one or niore hollow 'elements such as balls" providedJwith apertures'or openings V.arev employed inV a` suitabley casing;'havingA one or n moretransparentsidesfaiufl one or more smallerelements or hallsflare adaptedto pass through said openings into theA"interior of saidhollow elements upon` su'liiciently turning Yorshaking the casing containing` them,

said hollow element being .provided "with means for engaging the smallerelement to prevent Vit fromescaping fromV the larger eleifnent afterlit:has been Mplaced therein.

Thev invention. furtherprovides incidental features'oi fconstructionwhich serve to preline XfX; Fig. 3 is a section of thelargehollowelement or ball; Fig. lis a perspective View of the spring vwhichis placed in` the large hollow element forvpreventing the smallerelement from escaping after it has been placed' therein; Fig. 5 is a plan of an lalternative .construction of my invention,

and Fig. 6 is a section taken `on the line `Y-Y Fig. 5. .40 i `tangularframe made from a single piece of metal or any other suitablematerial.`This f In the drawing, A indicates a suitable rec# frame is providedwith an inwardly pro# jecting rim Barc-und its entire inner surbetween'its `outer ends.

face, and positioned substantially midway Placed against the outer endsof the frame are two'opp'osite sides C and D made of glass or othersuit'-` `abletransparent material which may bev secured to the frame bygluing directly thereto or by securing a strip of leather, paper orother suitable material E over thel rim of the frame and the edgesofsaid sides. The frame A and sidesy C' and D form an inclosurewithinwhich `are placed a pair of puzzle elements F and G whichareadapted l "'*S-pecfcaton of Letters atent. Patgnted NOV. 24, 1914 iAppiicatioa aid rbiiary ie; i914. .seriai No. 818,863. `A I to bemanipulated in the puzzle frame or inclosure as will be hereinafterdescribed.

The element F is in the form of a large ball i having an opening H inoneside extending intotheball and forming a freceptaclerfor the 4element@,which is in the form yof a small ball of slightly less diameter than"the diameter of the openingll. 'y n In use the frame is held inhorizontal position and by tilting it the large and small balls arerolled aro-und in the frame into position, so 'that the smalllballmaysometimes roll into the large ball, the object of the same being tocause the small ball toenter the passage H. The inward projection Bacts'asa guard for the `large ball around the frame, which permits thesmall ball Gr to 'escapefrointhe large ball, and makes iteXtremelydifficult to cause the small ball to enterthe large ball.v .lt will benoted that the distance between either side wall C'or. D of the frameand the guard is suilicientto allow the small ball to escape below theguard. rlhe passage H is provided with a 'spring catch' I, `which is cutfrom` a thin strip of'spring material and formed with a lateral circularinner end 2, an outwardly inthe passage H with its circular innermostend 2 first, the diameter of said end being substantially the samediameter as the passage so as to .form a tight engagement and "preventthe catch from becoming disengaged `from the ball. 4 is adapted to besprung down by the small ball G to allow it to pass into the passage H,

The backwardly inclined end but blocks the small ball from becomingdisengaged from the passage, `after it has been captured. The small ballis of su'liciently small diameter to sweep over the end 4l of the catchin the passage in the large ball.

rIn rare instances the small ball can be captured in the large ballalthough the task is difficult to accomplish.

The frame lor inclosure may be of any suitable shape, that illustratedin Figs. 1 and 2 being only one of many forms that may be employed. InFig. 5 is illustrated a cross sectional View of an alternative formshowing another construction of the frame. In this View the parts J and`K are made o glass or other suitable transparent material and formedwith telescopinginarginal sides L and M, which have secured betweenthem, an inwardly projectingguard N. After the tapering shank 3,"an"d abackwardly'inclined `spring outer end Ll. This catch is inserted Kto`uses otherL than those above set forth In accordance with the patentstatutes, I-

have described the principles of operation of my invention together withthe apparatus which I nowconsider to represent the best'4 embodimentthereof but I desire to have it understood lthat the construction shownis only ,illustrative and thatv the invention can be carried out byother means and applied within the scope of the following claims.

Having described Imy invention, what l claimas new'and desire toprotect-by Let-r ters Patent is 1. A puzzle comprising, in combination,an inclosure case having a transparent side and a guard around its innerwall projecting inwardly in the inclosure, an independent freely movableelement in the inclosure having an aperture in its side, a smallerindependent freelymovable element in said inclosure adapted to pass intothe interior of said. .hollow element and a spring catch in the apertureof said hollow element adapted ,to permit said smaller element to sweeppast and enter said aperture but block it against l'Copies of thispatent may be obtained for mme escaping from said aperture afterit hasbeen j captured, said-guard permitting said' small element escapingbelow it from entering the large element. f I y v 1 v- 2. A puzzle,comprising, injcombination, an inclosurecase having a transparent-side,an independent freely movable element in the inclosure'havingan'aperture inits side,

a smaller independent freelyjmovable lele-` ment in lsaid linclosurevadapted to pass into the interior of .said hollow element-and va springcatch in 'the aperture of said hollowr element adapted to rpermit saidsmaller ele-A y ment to 'sweep pastand, enter said aperture, but blockit against escapingffrom said aperl ture after it has been captured. p

an rinclosure case 'having a transparentv side `and a guard around itslinner wall "projecting inwardlyinthe incls'ure, an' indepen'd` entfreely ymovable element in the vinclosure having anapert'ure inyitsside, a smaller independent freely movable element in saidinclo-sure and adapted to pass into'tlieinterior of saidhollow element,`said guard permitting said smaller 4element escaping froml entering thelarger element.l

In testimony whereof,1 have signed my name to this specification, two`subscribing witnesses. v

.a y HUGH G. TAYLOR.V Witnesses:

EVELX'N' HAMiLroN, lFroiznlvcn J. ALLEN,

ive cents each, by'v addressing` .the.,4CnimissicnerV ofjPatlentus`, i

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